New Hampshire § 427-18 - Section 427:18 Denatured or Humanly Inedible Meat.

Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 427-18 — Section 427:18 Denatured or Humanly Inedible Meat., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 427-18. Section 427:18 Denatured or Humanly Inedible Meat.

I. Inspection shall not be provided under RSA 427:1-16 at any establishment for the slaughter of livestock or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals which are not intended for use as human food. II. Such articles shall, however, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in commerce unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified, as prescribed by rules of the commissioner, deter their use for human food. III. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the rules of the commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans.

Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 427-18 ("Section 427:18 Denatured or Humanly Inedible Meat.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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